The Arabian Nights, Tales from a Thousand and One Nights  •  Fiona Waters  •  Christopher Corr LITERATURE •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 96 PAGES • FAMILY This retelling draws in kids and the family alike into the world of the Arabian Nights with jazzy illustrations and a wonderfully direct, enteraining text. (ARB61, $22.95)
Red Sea Sharks  •  Herge LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 62 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) Drug smuggling, slavery and revolution feature in this 19th tale in which Herge's intrepid boy reporter investigates the overthrow of the Emir of Khemed. (MDE16, $10.99)
Saudi Arabia, A True Book  •  Wende Fazio CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1999 •  PAPER  • 48 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) An introduction to Saudi Arabia -- its geography, citizens and history. With its large color photographs, large-scale maps and accessible text, this book is an engaging primer for ages 6 to 8. (ARB55, $6.95)
Traveling Man, The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354  •  James Rumford TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 40 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) It's high time someone turned Ibn Battuta's travels into the stuff of a children's book, for if ever a journey could captivate young readers, Ibn Battuta's is it. James Rumford's full-color paintings beautifully illustrate this impressionistic chronicle of a trip throughout the medieval Muslim world (including much of Africa, the Middle East, India, China and Malaysia), and Rumford also thoughtfully includes a map. Geared for ages 9-12. (MDE65, $16.00)